Paper Tigers chords by Tom Cochrane

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Intro 1

Verse 1
Em 
Keep your
G 
powder dry and warm
D 
A 
Through the coming darkest storm
Em 
G 
All the fear that's sent your way
D 
through your eyes,
A 
you might wash away
When you can
Em 
G 
Still your lantern's strong and bright
D 
A 
Even through the darkest night
C 
G 
All those paper tigers
D 
Em 
All their lies, they might have sold you
C 
G 
Might be wasted on
D 
One so young that you're old again
A 
She walks out through the wind

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Interlude 1

and the rain

Verse 2

They can't give you all those things

No pot of gold, no big brass ring

Stay on the road for the night has come

Perhaps at dawn we will be like one again

Verse 3
C 
G 
All those paper tigers
D 
Em 
All the lies they might have sold you
C 
G 
Might be wasted on
D 
One so young that you're old again
A 
Sylvia walks through the

Interlude 2

wind and the rain

Still the shock

Verse 4

rips you through

every nerve

In the bell jar nothing can be heard

Hmm, ah yeah

Interlude 3

Verse 5
Em 
I would walk with you
G 
I would talk with you
D 
I would do anything that
A 
would get you through
Em 
Draw the line for you
G 
Take the fifth for you
D 
I would stand on a bridge
A 
and jump off it too

Verse 6
C 
G 
Now those paper tigers
D 
Em 
Now the lies they might have sold you
C 
G 
Might be wasted on
D 
One so young that you're old again
C 
G 
All those paper tigers
D 
Em 
All the lies they might have sold you
C 
G 
Might be wasted on
D 
One so young that you're old again
A 
Sylvia  walks out through
the wind and the rain
Em 